Boot and shoe



model.)

0. E; LEWIS, W t and Shoe.

No. 237,396. Paten'tedFeb. 8,1881,

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LIYHOGRAPHR, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT I I. OFFICE.

ORLANDO E. LEWIS, OF URBANA, OHIO.

BOOT AND SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'237,396, dated February8, 1881.

Application filed December 2, 1880.

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 'I, ORLANDO E. LEWIS, ofUrbana, in the county of Ohampaign and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

It is the object of my invention to reduce the cost of manufacture ofboots and shoes by economizing the quantity of leather required, andalso to render them more comfortable to the wearer, as wellas moredurable.

In my improved construction the front portion of the upper is turnedoutwardly and sewed down on the sole, while the rear portion is turnedinwardly and secured in thefshank. The front or wearing part of the soleis composed of two pieces of leather, which are of equal breadth andlength and extend backward and form the main portion of the shank, whichis stiffened by the interposition of a third piece, in the usual way.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section of ashoe-sole on the line w 00, Fig. 4. Fig. 2 is a side view of a shoe,only a small portion of the upper being shown. Fig. 3 is a broken orpart] y-sectional side view of the shoe. Fig. etis a bottom-plan view ofhalf of a shoe-sole.

The letter A indicates the upper-leather of a shoe, and B the sole,which latter is formed of two parts laid flat together, and whose edgesare exposed and flush one with the other. The edge of the upper A may beconsidered as divided into two parts with regard to the point a, wherethe shank b unites with the wearing portion 0 of the sole. The part ofthe upper-A in rear of the point a is turned in and lasted, as in theordinary boot or shoe, and then pegged or machine-sewed, while the frontpart of the upper is turned outward and (Model) sewed down on the sole Aflush with its edge, Figs. 1 and 2. It results from this constructionthat the shank b of the shoe has the requisite degree of rigidity orinflexibility, while the wearing portion of the sole, or sole proper, c,has the opposite character, being very soft and flexible, or as much soas its thickness permits. I thus combine stiffness and flexibility inthe same sole at the respective points required, and am thereby enabledto produce a shoe which may be worn with the greatest degree of ease andcomfort. Furthermore, I dispense with an insole proper, since the innerpart of the double sole B, which extends over and forms part of theshank, has that character and function, whereby a considerable economyof leather is effected. Such upper part or layer of sole B may be in onepiece; but in this instance it is divided transversely at the forwardpart of the shank, or nearly opposite the point of separation, a,between the front and rear edges of the upper A.

What I claim is- 1. A boot or shoe having the edge of the upper in itsfront portion turned outwardly, and the edge of the remaining rearportion turned inwardly, and each part suitably secured to the sole,substantially as shown and described.

2. A boot or shoe whose front sole is formed of two parts or pieces ofequal le h an d breadth, and whose upper, in its front portion,

is turned outwardly and sewed down on the edge of such double sole,while its remaining rear portion is turned inwardly and secured in theshank, as shown and described.

ORLANDO E. LE WIS.

Witnesses:

PETER FRANK HOLLYWOOD, J r.,' GEo. L. PEARSON.

